Section 343 Preparation for the finals
The match between Parma and Lyon, with few surprises, was a one-sided situation from the start. Although Lyon is considered a strong team, it is already the old yellow calendar of the first two years.
At the turn of the century, France were arguably the strongest team in the world, because France were very strong and their fringe internationals were also very strong players. And Lyon relied on these players to lay the foundation, plus poached marginal internationals from another world-class powerhouse, Brazil, and brought these players together, so as to successfully dominate Ligue 1.
But now, Lyon's core player Juninho is already very old, and the players such as Tulalang they bought in the past two years have gradually lost the huge potential of Essien and others in the previous two years because of the overall decline in French football. Although they have seen the emergence of Benzema and Ben Arfa in the last two seasons, and their youngsters have begun to have some qualities to look forward to, they still can't change their decline in all competitions. Although now Aulas has changed his business strategy, no longer blindly thinking about making money, but wants to spend money, and this year it was luck that made the team reach the last four of the Champions League, but this is their limit. Their strength is the weakest one in the top four, otherwise, they would not have been regarded as a team to death before the quarterfinals are over. What's more, in the semi-finals, against a team like Parma, from the very beginning, they had no chance of winning in the eyes of everyone.
It's just that Lyon themselves have a hard time accepting such a problem, and they still want to be able to score goals. After all, they now have Benzema, a player who is considered the future by the French football community.
Benzema ran up front, trying to score a goal. Unfortunately, his goal was delayed. This player is known as the player who most resembles Ronaldo in the current team, and even Ronaldo himself has praised him as the most like himself, both in terms of size and skills, he is extremely good. But in this game against Parma, he really didn't get enough of it.
Every time he gets the ball, he will be haunted by De Jong, which makes him play extremely poorly, De Jong's movements are very big, and he defends Benzema almost foul every time, and his movements are so big that Benzema is simply difficult to parry.
"Benzema is very closely guarded by De Jong, he is still a little younger, and he can't deal with a player like De Jong who plays roughly."
Although Benzema is a good player, it is unrealistic to say that he is Ronaldo. One of the biggest problems with him when he plays is not like Ronaldo – his explosiveness is a weakness.
One of the biggest dependents of Ronaldo's playing at his peak is his excellent explosiveness, but in this regard, Benzema is a weakness. He is tall and skilled, and he is indeed able to kick some very good balls, but the problem of weak explosiveness makes it difficult for him to launch a counterattack as soon as he receives the ball, and if he can't get rid of De Jong in the first step, then he will be entangled by De Jong and give him no chance to play at all.
And he was born in 87, and his current experience is a little worse, and it is difficult to have any way when he is brutally entangled.
In fact, it is not impossible for him to get rid of such a defense, as long as he strengthens his movement, it is not impossible to play well. However, when Benzema plays, there is still a big problem, that is, he has always been a bit lazy in football. This doesn't make his running particularly aggressive, and after being entangled by De Jong, he doesn't have much to do.
This also made Lyon fans a little helpless when they saw him not playing well, and it was difficult to win in such a way of playing. Especially now, Parma occupies almost all the advantages in the midfield, Lyon has not many opportunities, and Benzema is still so wasteful, this is the big problem.
In the midfield, Yaya Toure held the ball and pressed Lyon's midfield very boldly, Yaya Toure and Mota kept passing the ball near the center circle in the midfield, and rushed forward from time to time, which made Lyon's midfielder unable to bear it early and could only retreat.
Soon, Parma also scored. Crespo, who came on as a starter, scored a goal. He received a long ball from Yaya Toure up front and broke Lyon's door with a quick turn shot after receiving the ball.
After this goal, Lyon's midfield collapsed.
Lyon's current midfield used to be the most pressing midfielder in Europe, and in the past, they were also a team that was valued by the whole of Europe. But now, in front of Parma's midfield, they are also powerless at all. In recent seasons, after Juninho grew old, Lyon has been trying to play beautiful football, but obviously, they have not succeeded in learning the essence, Tulalang and others are much worse, and they are pressed by Parma without the ability to pass beautiful balls, and when Benzema is stuck in the front, their midfield advantage is gradually lost.
When facing tough teams, more consideration is given to counter-attacks and targeted quick attacks, while against technical teams, Parma naturally have to rely on muscle superiority to crush opponents. This season, Parma have been a lot more flexible in their tactics, and they can also completely suppress Lyon, a team that has several times the size, very well.
When confronted by Parma, Leon painfully discovers that they simply do not have the upper hand. As one of the strongest teams in Ligue 1, they have long lost the habit of playing defensive counterattacks, and after being pressed to the back by Parma, they don't even have any room to counterattack.
And after the second half, Parma scored another goal. This time, it was Crespo again, and after receiving a pass from Arshavin in front, he quickly countered offside and scored his second goal in the Champions League semi-final, which further extended Parma's victory.
"Crespo scored twice, unimaginable old fellow! Lyon became another team after Liverpool to be completely blown out...... Parma didn't give them a chance at all when they faced them. ”
And Li Bin was on the sidelines at this time, but he thought that such a situation was normal: since defeating Liverpool, Li Bin understood that their strength is definitely ahead of any team in the world - football tactics are a ladder rise, basically in three or four years, it will be an improvement. It's good to use Liverpool as a reference, in the 05-08 period, even if Liverpool lost, that is, they conceded one or two goals, but by the time they lost to Chelsea in the 08-09 season, they conceded seven in two games, and that's because they were tactically outdated.
The first few times Chelsea faced Barcelona, they didn't rely on stubborn defense, but after 09, they relied more and more on stubborn defense, in a sense, this is also a tactical evolution. Manchester United's obscene defense from the Big Three period to the later obscene defense, although it is because the poor have no money to buy people, but it is also a tactical improvement. Of course, the most obvious change is that Barcelona went from Dream 2 to Dream 3, which is also a process of tactical progress.
Therefore, after winning 5-2 against their opponents, Li Bin also understood that they had begun to have a stronger tactical level.
The lead at the tactical level can be disrupted by outstanding players against strong opponents, but when facing a team that is weaker, it is basically a crushing level. If they can't win against Leon, they will be in vain.
"If Lyon were the same as Lyon used to be......" Watching the game, the commentator also sighed.
Now Lyon, at all, does not have the strength to play against Parma in the midfield, Parma completely pressed Lyon into their own half, and then kept attacking.
"Parma's game showed their strength, in the game against Liverpool, they still have some tactical changes, and this game, they don't even need to apply tactical changes, they are completely relying on their own strong strength, pressing Lyon. And if they haven't turned the game into a slaughter until now, it is probably because Parma's goal now is not to win the game, but to prepare everything before the final. They didn't even put Milito on the pitch, they didn't take Lyon seriously at all. ”
Indeed, at the beginning of the game, Li Bin didn't think about how to win the match with Lyon - this game, their strength, can win all of them. Therefore, what Li Bin needs to think about is to let the players take turns to rest, and at the same time shuffle the cards to prepare for the finals.
Therefore, Li Bin put Crespo as the starter instead of Milito, giving Milito a rotational rest. Milito was not in great form at the start of the season, but now that he has fully recovered his form, Li Bin also hopes that he will keep his form until the final, and now this is a less important match, so Crespo can handle it.
As Parma's substitute striker, Crespo is a little older, but his level is not bad at all. And he is also full of yearning for the Champions League title, and in this semi-final, it was also by his strength that Parma won the game.
In this 2-0 game, Parma took it simply and easily, and by the way, they also helped Toure and De Jong shuffle the cards. Although it is the semi-finals of the Champions League, Lyon simply has no ability to stop Parma's full attack, and after the last round against Liverpool, the whole of Europe is extremely concerned about Parma's victory, after this round of victory, the whole of Europe also takes Parma's victory for granted, and the rest is to see which of the two teams in Parma and the Premier League in the final, who is the stronger one.
While the Champions League is devastation, Li Bin is also facing another thing.
Martins, who was in the Premier League, has returned, and this time, what he brought to Li Bin was not news, but a ready contract.
'In the Premier League, there are teams that offer you a contract now. When I came back this time, I also showed you their contracts. ”
"Which team gave me the contract?" This is the question that Li Bin is most looking forward to now.
'Not a particularly strong team, just a mid-table team – Tottenham have offered you a contract and they want you to be their coach next season.